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subsequent excess of iPrOBpin was used (Scheme 3). The de-
sired product, the pinacol ester of (1,5-anhydro-2-deoxy-3,4-O-
di-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)-6-O-triisopropylsilyl-d-lyxo-hex-1-eni-
tolyl)boronic acid (7) was obtained in an almost quantitative
yield. All starting boronic acid derivatives 4a–c and 7 were
fully characterized by means of NMR spectroscopy. In the
13C NMR spectra of these compounds, the signal of C-1 is
broad and usually absent due to 13C–11B spin-spin coupling in-
teraction and additional 10B/11B isotope induced chemical shift
of C-1 signal. This difficulty can be overcome by acquiring H,C-
HMBC spectra for which H-2/C-1, H-5/C-1, and H-3/C-1 cross-
peaks can be observed, providing an assignment of the
C-1 signal. In addition, NMR spectra of galacto-derivatives 7
and 11 measured at ambient temperature provide generally
broad signals, likely due to conformational flexibility. Therefore,
it is advisable to acquire NMR spectra of these derivatives at
higher temperatures (558C in CDCl3, 808C in CD3CN).
Table 1. Cross-coupling reaction of 4a with 8.
Entry
Halide 8
Conditions
Yield of 9 [%][a]
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
8a
8b
8c
8e
8 f
8g
8i
8j
8k
8l
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
89
84
93
72
76
88
70
78
74
74
71
10
11
8m
[a] Isolated yield.
Cross-coupling reactions of 4 with aryl halides 8
Cross-coupling reactions of 4a–c were performed with a range
of aryl, heteroaryl, and alkenyl halides (Figure 2). After exten-
sive screening of various reaction conditions, the best results
manner, providing compounds 9j–l in 78, 74, and 74% isolated
yields, respectively (entries 8–10). Finally, the cross-coupling re-
action with vinyl bromide 8m was performed to give
9m in 71% isolated yield (entry 11). To achieve high
conversions of starting material and high yields of
the corresponding products, the use of 2.1 equiva-
lents of the boronic acid 4a was required. Perhaps
because of this, partial dimerization of 4a to dimer
4d (Figure 3) was observed.[27]
Cross-coupling reactions of 4b were initially also
tested under conditions A. Again, a 1.8-fold excess of
4b was used to ensure good conversions and yields.
Although the cross-coupling reactions with 8b, 8c,
8g, and 8l provided the corresponding products 9b,
9c, 9g, and 9l in high isolated yields (88, 87, 88, and
77%, respectively; Table 2, entries 1, 3, 6, and 10), the
formation of dimer 4d in various amounts was again
observed (5–20%). To suppress the formation of the
latter, conditions B using KOAc as the base were
tested.28 Thus, the reaction of 8b, 8c, 8e, and 8h–j
gave rise to the corresponding products 9b, 9c, 9e,
Figure 2. Aryl, heteroaryl, and alkenyl halides 8 tested in the cross-coupling reactions.
were achieved with [Pd(PPh3)2Cl2] in the presence of 2m aque-
ous solution of Na2CO3 in dimethoxyethane at 808C (condi-
tions A). The results are summarized in Table 1.
and 9h–j in good yields (86, 85, 80, 87, 76, and 80%; entries 2,
4, 5, 7, and 8). Although, the reaction rate was considerably
slower, the formation of dimer 4d was not observed.
Initially, the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions of 4a
with aryl halides were carried out under conditions A (see
Table 1) by using Na2CO3 as the base. The reactions proceeded
well with para-substituted aryl bromides and halides 8a–c,
giving the corresponding products 9a–c in good isolated
yields of 89, 84 and 93%, respectively (entries 1–3). Further-
more, the use of meta- and ortho-substituted aryl halides 8e–g
provided the expected products 9e–g in good yields of 72, 76,
and 88%, respectively (entries 4–6). The reaction with 1,4-di-
bromobenzene 8i gave the double-substituted product 9i in
a good 70% yield (entry 7). The Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling re-
actions with heteroaryl halides 8j–l proceeded in a similar
Cross-coupling reactions of 4c were carried out under condi-
tions A only (Table 3). Thus, reaction with 8c to give 10c pro-
Figure 3. Dimer 4d.
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